Robles magi? PM gathers stakeholders when election negotiations take shape in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – With almost all opposing teams supporting his efforts to unite the country, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble seems to have been given the much-needed springboard in the election talks, having managed to bring almost everyone to the negotiating table.
The country expects a major preliminary agreement this week after all states and the Banadir leadership convened in Mogadishu for what could help the country find a lasting solution to the implementation of the September 17 negotiations that had stopped.
Unlike before, Roble invited dozens of presidential candidates for the final round of talks and the whole team was portrayed in a “good mood” as they discussed the best way to end the dead end, which had literally founded operations in Somalia.
Among those appearing at Monday’s meeting were former presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud along with Wadajir party leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, who is the official opposition leader in Somalia.
The five states and the Banadir region will elect members of both houses of the Somali Federal Parliament as presidential elections starting. MPs will take part in the election of the president, and the current leader Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo will take part in the competition.
FGS and FMS leaders began in-depth talks on the disputed election issues to find a comprehensive deal over the weekend as Somalia’s prime minister extended consultations with stakeholders, including opposition candidates and Senate spokesman Abdi Hashi.
“The second day of the Nationaal Consultative Conference under the chairmanship of HE Prime Minister Mohamed Roble has ended in a positive atmosphere while good progress has been made in the issues being discussed today on elections on the basis of the September 17 agreement. The meetings continue,” Mohammed Moalimuu said. spokesman for the Prime Minister.
In his statement, Prime Minister Roble added: “The second day of the National Election Conference is coming to an end. Progressive discussions are taking place in a cordial, sincere and accommodating environment.”
The meeting with President Abdi Hashi in Mogadishu was intended to clear up a number of issues regarding the election of North Western of SomaliaMPs, who broke away from Somalia in 1991. Hashi is the highest-ranking North Western of Somalialeader representing the region’s views in the federal government.
Speaker Hashi is currently in conflict with Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Gulaid over control of the process in Somaliland, with both fighting to control the region. But North Western of Somaliahas a parallel government and carries out almost most of its affairs as an independent state.
Recent developments are an indication that Mohamed Hussein Roble may, after all, have taken complete control of the process, making it more effective than President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whose presence in the talks could not bear fruit at any given point.
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